Charles doering



liniedl tstes pew-t cino.

CHARLES DOERINGH OF CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 99,764, dated February 15, 1870.

The Schedule referred t in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it 'may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES DOERING, ofCharlestown, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Im provementsin TobaccoBoxes,

l of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Objects ofthe Intention.

Ilhe lnature of my invention consists in providing within an air-tighttobucco-box a pelforated lining, which constitutes a receptacle for thetobacco, around which vapor or moist air is free to circulate and inalso providing the box with one ormore convenient recesses for thereception of some absorbent material, like sponge, kept damp by someHuid, such as water,

' wine, whisky, Sac., for the purpose of emitting vapor,

E and E are perforated plates hinged within the end pieces, and serve toform receptacles for placing wet sponge, 85o.

lhe inner box K, fig. 3, is made of perforated plate,

vand is so much smaller than the outer or tight box that an air-space, LL, fig. 2, extends around it.

To use my invention, thetobacco is placed within the inner box K, whichis then slipped into the outside box, as shown in Iig. 1.

Pieces of sponge or some similar material are placed within the smallreceptacle, at the ends, and wet with some desirable fluid,snch aswater, wine, whisky, Ste., the evaporation of which lls the box withvapor, which will be absorbed by the tobacco, and thus keep it moist. l

Claim.

I claim as my invention- Combining .in a tobacco-box one or moreconvenient recesses for holdingA sponge or other absorbent, with anair-space, which, together with the absorbent, shall completely envelopthe tobacco, the whole being separated from it by perforated partitions,substantially as described.

CHAS. DGERING.

Witnesses I WILLIAM Epson, FRANK G. PARKER.

